ORLANDO, Fla. — In a press conference Friday, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer announced the city is planning to create a Pulse Memorial Advisory Committee.

The new movement comes as the city took over plans to build a memorial following the dissolution of a nonprofit originally tasked with the project.

What You Need To Know

  •  This month will mark eight years since the Pulse Nightclub attack that left 49 people dead

  •  Originally, the onePULSE Foundation planned to create a memorial, but after years of collecting donations, the project never came to fruition

  •  After the nonprofit dissolved, the city of Orlando took over plans

  • The new advisory committee will consist of 10-15 community stakeholders, according to officials

It’s been eight years since the Pulse Nightclub attack that took the lives of 49 people in Orlando, and survivors and families have been waiting for a permanent memorial ever since.

Now, after taking on the project, the Orlando officials say they plan to create a new committee to help them decide what the memorial will look like.

Applications to be on the committee opened on Friday, and will be open until June 23. Community members can sign up through pulseorlando.org.

City officials say they are specifically looking to hear from people who were personally impacted by the shooting. Those who are interested in being on the committee must agree to attend one meeting each month through at least the end of the year.

While the city is gaining traction on the project, some survivors say they feel burned after years waiting for onePULSE, a private nonprofit, to build a memorial.

Jorshua Hernandez, a Pulse shooting survivor, said he just wants a memorial now, and is tired of continual fundraising for a project he’s yet to see.

“We need a memorial, and that’s it. Stop," he said. "The people need to stop collecting money."

Commissioner Patty Sheehan, of Orlando’s District 4, said she hopes people will remember that the city was not affiliated with the onePULSE Foundation, and was not responsible for any previous plans.

“We can’t fix what happened before. We have to move forward,” Sheehan said. “We’re not responsible for what onePULSE did, we’re not. The city of Orlando and onePULSE are two completely separate things.”

City officials say they are looking to make the advisory council and other outside input as open as possible to Spanish speakers.